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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1462036, member: 112"]No, it isn't. Luck is luck - period. If you win the lottery, was that superior planning ? No, it was blind luck. If you're in a poker game and you need a 5 to come up on the last card to win, and a 5 comes up. Was that superior planning ? Nope, blind luck. </p><p><br /></p><p>And how in the world can superior planning possibly be the reason for bad luck ? It can't.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, you can be good at something, and you can plan and research a thing to death. And that will undoubtedly improve your odds. But it will in no way account for the luck factor. For if you're in your car on the way to buy that special, high dollar coin that you are all but certain will make you a million dollars in profits - and you get hit by a tanker truck that runs a red light and then blows up - that's just plain luck. And your planning and research didn't help you a bit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1462036, member: 112"]No, it isn't. Luck is luck - period. If you win the lottery, was that superior planning ? No, it was blind luck. If you're in a poker game and you need a 5 to come up on the last card to win, and a 5 comes up. Was that superior planning ? Nope, blind luck. And how in the world can superior planning possibly be the reason for bad luck ? It can't. Yes, you can be good at something, and you can plan and research a thing to death. And that will undoubtedly improve your odds. But it will in no way account for the luck factor. For if you're in your car on the way to buy that special, high dollar coin that you are all but certain will make you a million dollars in profits - and you get hit by a tanker truck that runs a red light and then blows up - that's just plain luck. And your planning and research didn't help you a bit.[/QUOTE]
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